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Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Before the Fame

BEHIND THE MUSIC

Tonight, the Class of 2016 will reach a career peak—celebrated by their peers. But they all had to start somewhere.

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Published Apr. 8 2016 9:39AM EDT

galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-tease_q4wcu8 — Courtesy Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library

galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-01_rgmfcw — Music legends weren’t always so effortlessly cool. In honor of the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony tonight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, see if you can guess which inductees match these fresh faces.

Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), senior year 1987.
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galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-02_ux0kz3 — Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, senior year 1971. Harlem High School, Loves Park, Illinois.
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galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-03_bzmaol — Steve Miller, junior year 1960.
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galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-04_ff7wem — Arabian Prince (Kim Renard Nazel), senior year 1983.
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galleries/2016/04/08/rock-and-roll-hall-of-famers-before-the-fame/160408-before-famous-05_z5c6oe — Peter Cetera of Chicago, senior year 1962.
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